The Vibe-Coded App Runs. That Doesn’t Mean It’s Safe.
AI built the app and it runs. Here is what a rescue actually checks first, why generated code fails in consistent places, and why starting again is usually the expensive answer.
Laravel 9 to 12 in Two Weeks: the Part That Was Not the AI
A major-version Laravel migration on a large codebase took two weeks. The duration is not the technique. Here is the order of operations that made it possible.
Why the AI Gets Worse as Your Codebase Gets Bigger
A large codebase makes an AI assistant slower, not faster, because the model cannot hold it. PIM, for Prompt, Iterate, Modularise, is the habit that keeps code small enough for the machine to reason about.
Build the AI a Tool. Do Not Feed It Your Codebase.
Feeding a model your whole repository is the expensive way to get a worse answer. Build it small, fast, specialised tools instead. Here is what that looks like in practice.
The AI Wrote the Code. Nobody Can Change It.
AI coding tools produce working code fast. The problem is the code nobody can safely change six months later. Here is what that costs and how to tell if you have it.
